Here is composed of 300,000 posters. Scientific polls do not even reach that sort of representation. Looking at the dates when some accounts were made and how some themes keep coming up in threats (e.g. aligments), I'd say there is a fair share of new people to the game and the hobby here. Granted, the grognard demographics might be more represented, but there are lots of new folk here.

The demographics are a lot younger than they used to be.

And that's just people who have accounts, of course. The *readership* is the important stat (it's a news site, primarily, not a forum) and the are skewing a LOT younger these days.

I think the biggest thing they will learn is if releasing two products at the same time was good or did it cannibalize profit since this really is the first time. They are also not very related so they dont have very much synergy with the releases. I wonder why they just didnt wait for a different window for ravnica ... only reason I can see is the xmas season is on us.

Here is composed of 300,000 posters. Scientific polls do not even reach that sort of representation. Looking at the dates when some accounts were made and how some themes keep coming up in threats (e.g. aligments), I'd say there is a fair share of new people to the game and the hobby here. Granted, the grognard demographics might be more represented, but there are lots of new folk here.

Looking at Amazon charts, the core books are the ones who stay high, not the APs (Dragon Heist and Dungeon of the Mad Mage aren't even APs) or supplements. Newbies attracted to the hobby because of streaming seems to drive those sells. Ashame the products that would root them in the community aren't up to par.

Streaming might just be a fad like many others, so what will drive sells of 5e once that fad passes? Certainly not the products.

Thatís 300,000 accounts, not posters. And thatís made over the history of the site, not active forumites. It includes a lot of former posters, lurkers, sock puppet accounts, RP alts, etc.
The site has maybe 2,000-3,000 active posters. (Which is still nothing to sneeze at.) Yes, weíve gotten a lot of new posters. But not a representative number: three-quarters of the posters here arenít new.

Compare this to reddit/r/dnd that has 784,230 subscribers with 4,717 online last I checked. And thatís one subreddit of many. See what the posters there are talking about. Compare the conversations.

And looking at the Amazon chart, even the less popular storyline adventures are selling better than Starfinder and Pathfinder, the next most popular game. This means theyíre potentially selling better than 4e! Even the old adventures are still selling, which is a dramatic difference from old editions where new products would spike is sales and then vanish, falling out of print. WotC is keeping all their products available now. Theyíre doing very, very well.
And accessories like Guide to Everything and Guide to Monsters continue to sell well. And Guide to Ravnica is selling very well still.

Meanwhile, streaming games has only grown in popularity over the last two-three years and shows no sign of slowing down. If it is a fad, itís a long lasting one. (And the Critical Role campaign setting book is also outselling Paizoís RPGs.)
While the popularity made wax and wane, I doubt people will stop watching altogether.

I've only just gotten a hold of Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica and Dungeon of the Mad Mage, and I've been slowly digesting the contents of the two ever since. From what I've read so far, these are really high quality and well written products!
GGtR has actually inspired me to write backgrounds and factions in a way that both blends flavor and mechanics (in a more intertwined way), with also using the renown system.
And I've been mining Dungeon of the Mad Mage for dungeon ideas and even game ideas for one-shots.

Here is composed of 300,000 posters. Scientific polls do not even reach that sort of representation. Looking at the dates when some accounts were made and how some themes keep coming up in threats (e.g. aligments), I'd say there is a fair share of new people to the game and the hobby here. Granted, the grognard demographics might be more represented, but there are lots of new folk here.

Looking at Amazon charts, the core books are the ones who stay high, not the APs (Dragon Heist and Dungeon of the Mad Mage aren't even APs) or supplements. Newbies attracted to the hobby because of streaming seems to drive those sells. Ashame the products that would root them in the community aren't up to par.

Streaming might just be a fad like many others, so what will drive sells of 5e once that fad passes? Certainly not the products.

Hoard of the Dragon Queen, easily the worst 5E book and over 4 years old at this point, is #518 among all books right now on Amazon. The Amazon numbers are not historic sales, but current. The Starfinder Core Rules are #6130 in all books.

The 5E adventures and accessories are moving pretty huge numbers on their own.

There was a data loss around 2002, because I had to recreate my account, and was miffed that it said 02 instead of whatever it was previously.

I think its why no one really has a join date before Jan 02?. I was moving around in the military and didnt rejoing until Sep 02. But I'm afraid I remember no other details, as of why.

Thatís because we migrated to the new modern (for then) vBulletin software and decided to start clean rather than import data. Back then there was only a year or two of data. The forums were very small with only a few thousand members.

I posted a review for Dragon Heist. However, my group is a long way from completing Dungeon of the Mad Mage. I only review products after playing the product. I almost always feel differently about a product after playing it than I did after my first read through.

Not criticizing folks who post a review after reading a product - their reviews are inevitably more timely, and ultimately, more useful to earlier purchasers.

I posted a review for Dragon Heist. However, my group is a long way from completing Dungeon of the Mad Mage. I only review products after playing the product. I almost always feel differently about a product after playing it than I did after my first read through.

Not criticizing folks who post a review after reading a product - their reviews are inevitably more timely, and ultimately, more useful to earlier purchasers.

This is the big issue with adventure reviews IMHO. An adventure that might be a fun read often only reveals its issues when you actually animate it at the table.

February is a month of cold temperatures and warm feelings of love and romance. If youíre looking for something to do with friends when itís too cold to go out, why not stay in and take a look at the Romance Trilogy?

There are a few fairly simple elements needed to make a solid RPG starter set, and while Warhammer Fantasy RPG 4Eís attempt wonít blow any minds it absolutely nails the fundamentals that new players need to get a game running.

After raising $2,121,465, Strongholds & Followers might be the most anticipated Kickstarter RPG (at least until the next record is broken). Of course, the bulk of the money raised went to the ďStreamingĒ part of the Kickstarter so creator Matt Colville could get a proper studio for his very popular YouTube channel. The book definitely fills a need within the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons landscape.